Burial crypt or vault.



W. W. PISK & M.D. TAPT. BURIAL CRYPIT 0R VAULT. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE so. 190s.

'Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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BURIAL GRYPT 0R VAULT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30,1909.

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BURIAL GRYPT OR VAULT. l'

SpecicatiorLof Letters Patent. Patented Iiarch 16, 1909.

, Application filed June 30, 1908. SerialNo. 441,086.

To dll-whom 'it may concern? Y Be it known that we, WAYNE W; FrsK and MELVILLE D. TAFT, citizens of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the coilntyof LucaaStat-e of OhioVhave invented a new and useful Burial Crypt or Vault, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates toburial crypts or vaults and has for1 its object to providesU community crypt or vault having an over-f i hanglngI shed or canopy which serves to protect the funeral attendants during services from the direct rays ofv the sunv and fromrain or snow in inclement-Weather.

A further object of the invention `is to provide a burial crypt including a structure having a plurality of compartments or catacombs arranged within thesame and adapted to receive the bodies, said compartments being provided with removable slabs or closures arranged in tiers beneath the shed or canopy so that access may be had to said compartments from the exterior ofthe structure.

A further object is to rovide the crypt with a centrally disposed) brano pipes. opening into the several comcomposition of the. bodies in said compartments may be discharged to the atmosphere.

A further object is to form the walls of the compartments with vertical air flues or chambers so as to permit free circulation of air between the walls and thus maintain the latter in a d sanitary condition.

Further o jects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construc- 'tion may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim. e

in t e accompanying drawings Lforming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a perspective view cfa community crypt Orvault constructed in accordance with oui` invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view of one of the Wings or sections of thevault. a vertical sectional view of the same taken on the line 3443 of Fig. 2. `-Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- I responding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The lmproved crypt or vaultforming the subject matter of the present invention may be constructed yof stone, brick, cement or tower having a vent ipe to which 1s connected a series of'.

Fig. 3 is4 .other suitable material vand includes a cen-` trallyl disposed tower '5 having a' plurality of Wings or sections 6 radiatinor therefrom and each provided with' a plurality of compart- "mentsfor the reception of the bodies.

Overhanging the outer wall of each wing or section 6 is an inclined shed or canopy 7e, rotect the funeral attend@ p which serves to ants duringservices from the direct rays of Athe s un in summer and from rain or snow in inclement weather.

4 The sections are provided with intersecting longitudinal and transverse partitions 9 andlO defining'a plurality of'intermediate compartments 11 designed to receive the bodies, said compartments being disposed in tiers and separated from each other by floor sections 12. The compartments llare preferably arranged end to end and are each provided with' an entrance 14 disposed beneath the shed or canopy so that access may be had' to the several compartments yfrom the exterior of the structure. Each entrance 14 is closed by a plate 15, preferably faced with a marble or granite slab upon which ma be carved or otherwise inscribed the name o the deceased in order to identify the body, these platesor closures being seated in the rabeted edges of the adjacent transverseparti- 'tions l() 'after the body is introduced within the compartment and cemented or otherwise secured in position thereby' to hermetically seal said compartment. e

The transverse partitions 10 are each formed with a vertical air Hue 16 preferably extending the entire height of the vault and into which 'air passes from a main supply conduit 17 preferably disposed beneath the crypt or vault, as best shown in` Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, thereby to keep the walls of the compartments in a dry. sanitary condition. A

Disposed within the tower 5 is a vent pipe 18 having its up er end provided' with a check valve 19 an its lower end extended to a point adjacent the tops of the radiating sections .or wings 6.

Molded er etherwiee eeibedded in the The terminals of the extensions A241 are preferably threaded for the reception of the .removable caps 22, which latter normally engage the threaded walls ofthe extensions but are' removed therefrom when a body is introduced within the compartment so` as to permit the escape of gases from said compartment, in the manner before described.

The lower flooi of the tower 5 is preferably fitted up as a waiting room, while the u per floor of the tower receives a Water tan so that the attendants or relatives ofthe deceased may obtain water for the purpose of l irrigating any growing plants or -liowers that may be left at the vault or cry t.

Each wing or section 6 is preferably provided with a relatively small tower 25, which may or may not be provided with a vent pipe for connection with'the branch pipes of the While we have shown and described the compartments formed of intersecting longitudmaland transverse walls 1t1s obvious'that these compartments may be formed of seaml less tubes'constructed from cement or concrete and subsequently placed within the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described lis claimed is: l

A burial cry t including a tower having a plurality of radi the Vinvention what rating sections each provided with an overhanging shed, said sections being formed with superposed compartments each provided with an 'entrance disposed beneaththe adjacent shed, a slab forming a closure foreach entrance, avent pipe arranged Within the tower. and provided at'its upper end with a check valve, branch pipes movable cafps disposed within the compartments and orrning closures for the adjacent compartments being provided With vertical flues to permit the circulation ofair, and an urn supporting bracket secured to the exterior Wall of each section opposite the several slabs.

as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures 1n the presence of two wltnesses.

WAYNE W. FISK.

MELVILLE D. TAFT.

Witnesses z N.. M. TURNER,

ESTHER. J oFFA.

crypt or vault, without departingfrom the.

secured to tlie lower end of the vent pipe and opening into the several compartments, re-

In testimony that We claim the foregoing ends of the branch pipes, the walls of said -V 

